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MACHINE POR SEALING' BOTTLES.

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A A WOOD MACHINE FOR SEALING BOTTLES.

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PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

' A. A. Woon. MACHINE FOR SEALING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14,1903.

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A. A. WOOD. MACHINE POR SEALING BOTTLES.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 14, 1903.

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No. 830,551. PATENTBD SEPT. 11, 1906.

' A. A. Woon.

MACHINE TOR SEATING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14,1903.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTOE.

MACHINE FOR SEALING BOTTLES. l

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.l

Application filed November 14,1903. Seriel'No. 181.188.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. WOOD, of thel city of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton `anditate pf Georgia, -have invented certain improvements in Machines for Sealing Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

In the description of the said machine which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof, and in Which- Figure 1 is an exterior elevation of the improved rnachine. Fig. 2-is a vertical section of Figs. 3, 4, and 5, taken on the line B B with certain parts thereof omitted. Fig. 3 is a 'horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken onthe vline C C. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken on the line D D. Fi 5 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken on t e line E E. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken on the line F F. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of Fig.'2, taken on the line.G G. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the turret-head. Fi 9 is an under side view of the turret-hea Fig.10 is an elevation of the upper cam, together Awith certain connections thereof, which are shown as detached.. Fig. 11 is an enlar ed vertical section taken .on the line H H, Flgs.

12 and 13, of a bottle supporting and carry" ing'device. Fig. 12 .is a plan view of the upper end of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an exterior side view of Fig. 12. Figs. 14 and 15 are enlarged top views of a ca closing or sealing head illustrating the in ependently-moving parts thereof in different positions. Fig. 16 is an exterior side view ofthe said head looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 14. Fig. 17 is an enlarged vertical section of a portion of the turret-head and the cap closing or sealing head, the section of the latter being taken-on the line I l, Fig. 15. Figs. 18 and 19 are enlarged details of the machine, the latter being a section taken on the line J J, Fig. 18, 4loking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Figs'. 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 are details of the 'sealing-cap'feeding mechanism, the last three figures .being enlarged.

Referring now columnar base of`the machine, having at its upper end four horizontally-extending perforated lugs 2 and an. arm 3, a top view of which is shown in Fig. 3. Secured in the up-I per end of the columnar base 1 is a central fixed vertical shaft 5.

7 is a cam fastened to the top of the columnar base 1, the operative parts of which to the drawings, 1 is thei consist ofthe upper-and lower sides of a ciroumferential groove 9. (See Fig. 2.)

is 'a turret arranged to rotate about the central shaft 5 and upon the hub portion of the cam 7 (See Fig. 2.) Antifriction-balls are employed at the junction of these parts.

The turret 10 has six radially-extending .arms 11, (shown ,in section in Fig. 3,) which terminate in plates rabbeted at their edges, the rabbets, together with strips 12, forming grooves13, within which slide the Wings of cylinders 17, forming parts of certain bottlc-carrying devices, hereinafter described.

Secured to or forming a part of the upper end of the turretlO is a circumferentiallytoothed disk 19, having six circular apertures 20 in vertical alinernent with the cylinders 17, in which apertures are situated the devices for turning in the iianges of the sealing-caps under the heads of `the bottles.4 These devices will be hereinafter described as sealing-heads and denoted as entireties by 21.

22 is-a fixed spacing-sleeve having a fiange at its bottom which rests oil an annular plate 23, which in turn rests on a shoulder 24 formed by reducing the diameter of the centralfixed shaft 5. (See Fig. 2.) This sleeve extends to the under sido of'theupper fixed cam 27. (Shown in elevation in Fig. 10 and in section in Fig. 2.) Antifriction-balls are introduced Abetween the annular plate 23 and a similar plate forming the upper extremity of the central part of -the rotary turret 10.

Over the sleeve 22 is placed a loose sleeve 29, (sce Figs. 2 and 10,) having a spur gearwheel at its lower end which meshes with the toothed circumference of a part. of the (See Fig. 2) The upper that by means. of the gearing described the" rotation of the driving-shaft 42 effects the rotation of--all the rotary elements of the sealingheads independently of their position with reference to the fixed' parts of the machine, such, for instance, as the two cams, the central shaft, and the base ofthe machine.

On the upper surface of the exteriorl toothed disk'19 and situated between t o IIO 35v 30 and, if the plate is perforated, to the balli' that the last-named pinion is in mesh with the teethon the inner circumference of the turret-head 50. It follows, therefore, that the rotation of the driving-shaft in addition t causing the rotation of the sealing-heads eects the rotationof the turret-head and through that device the rotation of the turret.

Byreference to tightly in contact with the upper surface of the upper cam 27 by means of a nut 57` at the end of the fixed centralshaft 5, and that the bearing foi` the driving-shaft 42 is formed vin a boss-constituting a part of the crown portion ofthe cap. A ring 59, (see Fig. 2,)

interposed between the annular plate 47 and the under side of the turret-head, serves as means to 'prevent oil used to lubricate-the -gearingwithin the turret-head from coming in contact with the sealing-heads by conducting it to the plate portion of the gear-wheel bearing beneath. .p

60 )S-are plungers adapted to have a vertical reciprocating'movement in holes 61 in .the-turret-head 50 and also in the holes 63 in the annular plate '47, all of which are in vertical alinement with the sealing-heads 21. These plungers are winged vand guided, as shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 8, by means of grooved lugs 62 on the upper face of the'` turret-head, and they are provided with rollers 64 at their u per` ends which'rest in the cam-slot 65 'of t e upper cam 27, as shown in Fig. y2. y

One of the winged cylinders 17, before briefly referredto as an element of a bottlecarryinfy device andas adapted to have a vertical sliing movement in the arms 11 of the f i turret, is shown in section in Fig. 11, and by reference to that figure it will e seen that into its upper end is'screwed a fianged plug 67, .having a central hole 69.

Still referring to Fig; 11, 7 0 isan. inner cyl- 'inder arranged to slide within the one 17, and the extreme extensibility of the two cylinders is' limited by counterboring the up er portion ofthe one 17, so as to produce a slioulder,

.and'enlarging the corresponding part of the4 one to fit the enlargement. The bottom ,ofthe inner cylinder 70 is screwed into a Figs. 2 and 6 it will'be seen 'that the gear-wheels 39, 40, and 53 are inclosed within a recessed cap 55, which is held l'langedplate 72, having'a lug 73, extending from its lower side, carrying a roller 75, adapted to rest in the spiral cam-groove 9 in the lower cam 7.

7 7 is a rod extending loosely through the hole 69 in the flanged disk 67 down to the flanged plate 7 2, Where it is provided with a circular .nut 79.-

90 is a spiral spring confined endwi'se between the nuts 79 and the flanged plug 67, which has the effect of making the two cylinders, which constitute a longitudinally-contractible device, yielding in certain circumstances, hereinafter described.

92 is a bottle-seat suitably secured to-and made vertically adjustable with reference to the flanged plug 67. The bottom of this seat consists of a circular plate 93, (see Figs.`11 and 12 ,f) which latter is a top view of Fig. 11

having a curved lateral extension 94, which serves as a support for bottles as they enter or leave the seat 92, as hereinafter described, and a segmental shell 95. of this shell and that of the plate 93 are rovided with a layer of some soft materia 97 to form a cushion for the bottles. The shell is also provided with a horizontal slot 99 for the reception of a device, hereinafter described, to remove sealed bottles from the seat at the completion of the sealing operation.

The configuration of the cam-groove of the lower cam -7 is such that in the rotation of the turret 1() a bottle begins to rise almost immediately after its introduction into a bottleyseat and after reaching its highest position is maintained thereat fora considerable time and then made to assume its original or low- The inner 'surface i TOO lest position, and it is during this movement that a bottle is carried upward and into a sealing-cap previously placed for its reception and the flange of the cap turned under the .shoulder formed by the bottle-head, as hereinafter particularly described. It will also be understood that in view of the employment of the spiral spring l the bottle oers a yielding resistance as its head is forced into contact with the crown of the cap. 10() is the table upon which the bottles (denoted by X) to be capped 'or sealed are placed and which receives them after the completion of the sealing operation, and as the machine has to be adapted to seal hottles of different lengths or heights it follows, therefore, that as the sealing mechanism has a fixed vertical position the table must-be adjustable in height. To effect this adjustment, two of the bars 10i, whichunite the lugs 2 of the columnar base 1 with the cap 55, are threaded (see Fig. 1) and provided with nuts 102,- which extend loosely through holes in the table 100and are fitted withcollars, one aboveend the other below the table, so that should the nuts he rotated the table will be carried vertically with them.

the s procket-wheel 105 is united with the one joining one.

103 by a suitable sprocket-chain109, and the sprocket-wheel 106 'with theone 107 by a similar chain. Withlthis' arrangement the table may be raised or lowered by drawing either of the sprocketschains or by rotating the threaded bar 103.

Toprevent the bottle-seats 92, which are screwed into the lianged plugs 67, from turn.-

lng and becinning displaced', each shell 95 is provided with atongue 110 and its extension 94 with a grooved lug 112, (see Fig. 12,) and in assemblilig the parts the tongue of one seat will rest'loosely in the groove of an adv(See Fig.. 4.) This interlock- A ing of the Ibottle-seats does not, however, in-

' terfere in any manner with their independent vertical motion. p

By reference to Fig. 4 1t will be seen that the portions of the table 100 uponzwhich thebottles to be sealed are placed to be transforred to vthe bottle-seats and to which the bottles are delivered'after the scaling opera tion are depressed, the curved projections thereby produced in connection with, -certain 'other devices hereinafter described serving as guides for the bottles in their passage to and from thebottle-seats- The means for moving the bottles from the table100v to the lateral extensions 94 of the .wheels 121 and 123.

bottle-seats, and thence to the seats proper, and from the said seats again and the table, consist of the starwheels113 and 115, secured, respectively, to the vertical shafts 117 and 1.19, having at their lower ends the spur (Shown in Fig. 4 in dotted line'sL) These spurwheels are in mesh with an idler 124, and the one 123 is driven by the pinion 1.25 on the shaft 126 through the' medium of an idle wheel '127. (Shown particularly in dotted lines in Fig. 4

and in full lines in Fig. 1.) The shaft 126 extends through the'table 100 and receives its rotary movement from the toothed disk 19 by means of the pinion 129. (See Figs. 1 and 5.) The bearing for the up er end oi the shaft 126 is in a segmental ame`130, (see Figs. 1 and 5,) supported from two of the bars 101, as shown in the said figures.

131 is a curved spring (see Figs. 11, 1.2, and 13) to yieldinglyvretain the bottles in the seats.

132 (see- Fig. 4) is a spring-held arm vto direct the bottles to the bottle-seats after they have left the star-wheel 113. This device does not interfere with the revolution of the bottles in common with their seats.

To disengage the bottles :from their seats and deliver them to the table .and to oontact with the star-wheel after the completion of the sealing operation, the shaft 126, .at a point above the table, is provided with a crank 134, (see Figs. 1 and 4,) to the pin of which is provided a lifurcated iinger 135, having a tailpiece or stem 137, which slides in a lug 139, pivoted'to the table. At each rotation of the shaft 126 the bifurcated finger 135 is given a sweeping movement which carries a bottle from its' seat to the starwheel 115.

is a small. table supported in any suitable manner, upon which sealing-caps (de' noted by Z in Fig.v 5) are placed to be fed to the holes in the annular plate 47, which register with the plungers 60. A ortion of the table 140 (denoted in Fig. 5 by ils'inclined downward toward the center of the machine,

as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 21, in order' that whenthe caps are pushed thereon by Ahand they Ywill have a natural tendency'to slide down into a curved runway '142. This runway extends to and .terminates in a reversed curved channel144, leading to the upper surface of the annular late 47.

The movement of t e sealing-caps along the channel 144 is effected by the notched feed-wheel 143, (shown in Fig. 5,) which conducts them to the notched carrier 145,

. formed onthe under side of the turret-head 50 and shown particularly in Figs. 8 and 9, -the latter being an under side view.

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The carrier 145 delivers the sealing-caps to the holes 63 in the annular plate 47 and underneath one of the plungers 60, where they are temporarilysupported by devices hereinafter described.

' To provide for the rotation 4of the notched feed-wheel 143, an edge Aview of which is shown in Figs. 21 and 22, that device is. fastened to a sleeve 147, adaptedto tum loosely on a stud 149, secured to a suitable framework 150, shown only in Figs. 2O and 21 as projecting from the under side of the sealingcap table 140. i

At the lower end of the sleeve 147 is ay tight spur-wheel 151. in mesh with a pinion 152 ona shaft 153. The shaft 153 has also a spur-wheel 154 in mesh with a pinion 15,5 on a shaft *157, which carries a spur-gear 159 in mesh with the teeth on the periphery ofthe disk 19, which constitutes its driver. Fig. 21 is a view of Fig. 20, looking in the direction indicated by an arrow in that figure.

T oenforce a feed movement of the sealing- IOS IIO

annu-lar late 47, ,nd to Fig. 17 it 'will be seen,

and 162 on shafts 163 and 164, respectively, and these shafts are driven by the system of belts 165, leading from thepulleys 167 on the shaft 153 to the pulleys 169 on the brushshafts. -The shafts 163 and 164 are suitably supported' underthe table 140.

By reference to Fig'. 18, which is an -under side view on an enlarged scale of a part of the that un er each of the holes 63 in the annular plate 47 are two hinged cap-supporting lates 17() with hollow downwardly-flared A ac es 171 and teeth 172, which are in mesh,

What may be termed the normal7 posi! tion of the hinged cap-supporting plates 170 is one in which the extreme distance between their curved faces 171 is less than the diameter of a sealing-cap. Consequently when in such'position they serve`to support the sealing-caps while the same are in the holes 63.

. By reference to Figs. 18 and 19 it will be seen that the hinged plate 170, which is provided with the tailpiece 174, has an extension 177 with two conical depressions 179 and 180 in its under surface, and the turret-head is provided with a spring-pressed bolt 182, having a conical `point adapted to enter either of the said depressions. When the spring-plates 170 are fully opened or distended, the point of the bolt 182 will enter the depression 180 and when the same are closed the said point will rest in the depression 179, as shown inV Fig. 18, the spring-bolt being elevated inthe movement of the extension 177. Theprincipal object of this construetion is to retain the pivoted plates 170 when separated by the passage between them of a bottle-head, as the same moves upward into a sealing-cap, in an open or distended eondltion until the head of the sealed bottle is brought down from the sealing-head by the combinedvaction of the two cams andfa plunger andthe end of the said plunger' has ascended to a position above the plate 47. When this condition of the various parts has been reached, the plates 170 are closed by one of them being struck by the finger 175, before described as rotating with the pinion 129. (Shown in Figs. 8 and 5.)

While it is intended that a bottle will be placed on each seat as it comes to the front of the machine, it is possible that occasionally this may not be accomplished and an empty which in its rotation strikes thev l seat pass around, and as the upward move# ment of a bottle-head is depended upon to separate the cap-supporting lates 170 the missing of a bottle would result in a plunger i subsequently coming int-o contact with their upper-surface. in the path of the tailpiece 174 a fixed finger in this respect and `prevents injury'to vthe machine. ,f

. ferred to 'and denoted as an entirety by 21, is

views of that device, in Fig. 16, whicn is an exteriorfside view', and in Fig, 17 wherein the sealing-head is shown in section together with the upper end of a bottle, the annular plate 47 with the hinged cap-.su porting plates 170, a part of the turret-v ea 50, and one of the plungers 60. i

A. sealing-head comprises a threaded disk 184.g,which is screwed tightly into one of the apertures 20, (seethroat-piece 185, screwed into said disk, and the rotary exteriorly-toothed annulus .187, which is seated on the disk 184 and held in place by the flanged bushing 18 9, 4screwed over the throat-piece rotates.

Still referring'to the sealing-head, 19() is an angaular4 plate fastened to the upper surface of the toothed annulus 187, so as tovrotate with it. circular flanged-projection 192'at one .edge thereof, which enters a recess in a lug 194 to forma pivot. The withdrawal ofthe rojeetion 192 from the lug 194 is prevente by the rabbeted lug 195, which laps qverthe edge of the ring-plate. and is fastened to the ringeplate 191 is fastened another plate 197,

grooved to form a race for the. antifrictionballs 199. The corresponding race is formed in a hardened ring 200, the inner diameter of which is greater than that of a bottleehead. By reference to the cross-section of this ring (shown in F ig.` 17) it will be`seen that itsA inner face or edge is made practically V-shaped or of a shape which if the ring is forced of a sealing-cap while thesame is held on a bottle-head will indent it and bring the-inprcjectionof the bottlehead beyond its neck. Now should the sealingfhead be in rotation when the indentation is produced it follows that the said indentation will be continued entirely around the flange of the cap andthat device firmly affixed to the-bottle. The rotation of the sealing-head to effect this result is caused by themeshing of the teeth of the wheel 30. (Shown in section in Fig. 2.)

To avoid this, there is placed One of the sealing-heads, before briefly re- 185, around which it tightly against the circumference of the flange dentation under the shoulder formed by' the 17 8, before briey referred to and shown only in Fig. 5, which performs the office of a bottle .'S

well shown inFigs. 14 and 15, which are top Figs. 2 and 7,) the flaring 191 is a ring-platel having a semi- IOO and the inner edge of the efmibined plates is Lio annulus 187 with those of the rotary gearcross-section in Fig. 17.

Referring again to Figs. 14, 15, and 17, it will be seen that to retain a part of the inner circumference of the indenting-ring 200 with a yielding pressure against the flange of the scaling-cap the inner surface of the annular plate 190 and the corresponding surface of the ring-plate 191 are provided, respectively, with the pins 202 and 204, (shown in Figs. 14 and 15,) and these pins are united by the compressed horseshoe-spring 205, shown in dotted delineation in those figures and in The ring-plate 191 has also a hook 207 and an inclined projection 209, (see Figs. 14 and 15,) and the annular plate190 is furnished with a hinged latch 210,` having a tailpiece' 211 arranged to en gage withthe former and hold the ringfplate in the central position, (shown in Fig. 14,) in which the sealing or indenting ring 200 is inoperative, it being concentric with the throatpiece 185. j

Referring to Fig. 5, 212 is a stationary arm carrying a roller. 213 on a stud projectin from the sealing-cap table 140, which roller in the operation of the machine passes over the inclined projection 209 to the latch and if the latter device is in the position shown in Fig. 14 strikes its tailpiece 211 and forces it inward, thereby detaching the latch from the hook 207, when the sealing-ring 200 becomes operative to affix the sealing-cap to the bottle. Still referring to Fig. 5, 215 is an arm4 projecting laterally from a inion 217 on a stud 219, dependent frdm t e under side of.

the segmental frame 130. This pinion is in mesh with the teeth on the periphery of the disk 19. The arm 215 in its rotation comes in contact with the inclined 'lug 209 ori the vtable l()().

vibratory ring-plate 191`and by the friction thereby produced retards the movement of the said plate sufficiently to cause the latch 2l() to reengage with the hook 207. The. latch may be spring-held but'it is' preferred that its actuzl engagement with the hook shall be effected by the arm 215 after it has passed over and from thc inclined lug 209. l

'Io arrange the n'iachine for operation, the bottle-table 10() is placed at such a height that the heads of the longest or tallest' bottles ol' the kind tobe sealed when placed thereon will be slightly below the. under surface of the sealing-heads 21. The bottle- .se-.its 92 are then adjusted so that when they' `ire in their lowest position the upper surface of their extensions 94 will be fair with or in horizontal alinement with that of the bottle- Unsealed bottles arc then placed on the table 100, as .shown in Fig. 4, and the table-140, including the runway 142 and the channel 144, provided with a supply of sealing-caps with their [langes down, as shown in Fig. The machine is now putin operation, when a. sealing-cap is deposited by the mechanism before described in a hole 63 in tlie annular plate 47 and seated on the closed ing plates 170, which hinged cap-su porting ,plates 170 beneath a plunger 60, w lchis at that time in its high- 1est position. The bott/les are then fed forward, and the first bottle of the row enters the seat of a bottle-carrier. The bottle in beginning its revolution around the center of the machine moves on the same level for about fifteen degrees and then begins to rise, and this elevation continues until the bottlehead has passed through the sealing-head 21, the centralized and locked vibratory ringplate 191, between the pivoted cap-supportseparate for the purpose, and through the annular plate 47 into the sealing-cap, which is prevented from'rising by the plunger 60. In this movement the spring 90 in the bottle-carrier is slightly compressed, the degree of compression depending upon variation i`n height of the 'botger begins to descend, which forces down the bottle and cap and further compresses the spring until the bottle-head is in the position in which it is shown in Figf 17. After the bottle has traversed about one hundred and ten degrees from the starting-point the tailpiece 211 of the latch 210 comes into contact with the roller 213, which liberates the previously-locked pivoted ring-plate 191 and allows the inner circumference of the illdenting-ringl 200 to bear with spring-pressure against the flange of the sealing-cap'.

'It will be remembered that the ring-'plate' is pivotally attached to the. annular plate Y190,- which in turn is fastened to the constantl -rotating toothed annulusl 87. Consequent y the indentation produced' in the flange of the cap is continued until it extends around its entire circumference.

In the operation of the machine, the hardened indenting-ring performs three complete rotations before the inclined lug 209 comes in contact with the rotating arm 215, which has the effect of retarding the movement of the ring-plate sufficiently to enable the latch 210 to again engage and interlock with the hook 207, which puts the ring-plate out 'of service. The relooking of the rm late takes place when the bottle has movedgalhout two hundred and thirty degrees from the starting-point.

The I'roller 75 at the bottom of the bottlecarrier now passes to the downward incline of the lower cam 7 and the sealed bottle de scends to itslowest or original position, its movement being enforced by the plunger 60, which again becomes a moving device. rIvhis second downward movement of the plunger 60. is only for the purpose of preventing ac' cident due to a deformed or over-sized b'ottie-head `becoming caught in the throat-piece -of the sealing-head.

The b'ottle reaches its lowest position when it has traversed about two hundred and eighty degrees and soon after reachingv that IOO point is swe t from its seat to the delivery portion ol t e table 100 and into contact with the discharging star-wheel 115 by the biurcated finger 135 as before described.

Immediately before the discharge oi the sealed bottle the hinged cap-supp orting plates 170, which were separated o r opened by the passave between them of the bottle-head, are closed-,by the outer plate of the cap-su porting plates 170 coming in contact with t ie rotatin finger 17 5, as before explained, and there y placed in a proper condition to receive another unsealed bottle-head.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a machine for sealing bottles, a rotatable sealing-head 'whereby the pendent llange of a sealing-cap is turned in and under a shoulder on a bottle, which comprises a flanUe-indenting ring into which the bottle-y hea carrying an unfasteiied sealing-cap is inserted, with means to force the same into an eccentric position with respect to the flange of the sealing-cap and in indenting contact therewith, combined with devices to hold th'e sealing-cap on the bottle-liead during the indenting operation, mechanism to rotate the sealing-head about. the lbottle whereby the indentation produced by the indenting ring Ais -made to extend entirely around the flange of the sealing-cap, and appliances to replace and hold the said indentingering concentric with and from contact with the ilange of the sealing-cap at the completion of the sealing operation, substantially as specified.

2. In a machine for sealing bottles, niechanism whereby the pendent flange ota sealing-cap is turned in and under the head of a bottle, which comprises appliances to convey a sealing-cap to and sustain it in a position directly over the bottle-head, and other appliances to lift the bottle-head into the sealing-cap, a {langee-indenting ring with means to force the same yieldint'ly into an eccentric position with respect lto the flange of the seal* ing-cap and into indenting contact therewith, mechanism to gyrate the indentingring about'tlie bottle whereby the indentation produced by the indeiiting-ring is made to extend entirely around the flange of the sealing-cap, combined with devices to return the indenting-ring to a concentric position with respect to the bottle-cap and lock tbe ing-ring at the completion of the sealing opsame7 and other means to bring the sealed bottle down and from the centralized'mdcnteration, substantially as specified.

3. In a machine for sealing bottles, the combination of a .series of sealing heads which revolve around a common center, and rotate on their axes during the revolution, a series of bottle-carriers situated beneath the sealing-heads and in vertical alinement therewith, and actuating mechanism whereby the bottle-carriers during their" revolution are movedtoward and from the sealing-heads, substantially as speciiied.

4. In a bottle-sealing machine, the combination of arotary turret carrying a series of vertically-sliding bottlecarriers terminating at their upper ends in bottle-seats, a table upon which unsealed bottles are placed, with mechanism whereby the bottles are conducted to the said seats and discharged therefrom, and actuating mechanism whereby in the rotation of the turret the bottleseats together with bottles placed thereon are given al verti cal reciprocating movement. a turret-head situated above and having' a'rotary motion in common with the turret, the said turret car# rying rotary sealing-heads substantially as described, which sealing-heads are in vertical alinement with the bottle-seats, into which sealing-heads the heads of the bottles are in troduced and from which they are withdrawn while the same are performing a single revolution around a common center7 substantially as speeiiied.

5. In a machine for sealing bottles, the combination of a rotary turret carrying a se ries ot rotary sealing-heads, substantially as described, plungers with means izo eii'ect their up-anddown movement within the rotating sealing-heads, ,a tab1 j for sealing-caps, capsupporting devices situated beneath the said plungers and suitable feeding mechanism, to 9 transfer the sealing-caps from the table to the cap-supporting` devices and beneath the plungers as they reach a certainpoint in their revolution -around a common center, sub' stantially as specified. y

` ALBERT A. WOOD. Witnesses:

. OREGON MILTON Delarue,-v

WM. T. HOWARD. 

